Bachelor of Arts [B.A] [Journalism] From Webster University

The journalism major prepares students to work as professionals in the field, and they will learn the essential elements of reporting, writing and producing news and features for a variety of media, including print, broadcast and online. Students will complete two semesters in a student-run news organization, including the university?s award-winning Journal and may elect to complete an internship with a professional news organization.

Successful graduates of this program will be able to:

• Identify and evaluate potential news stories that will impact, inform and engage a defined audience.
• Construct the most compelling and effective ways to tell a story based upon an analysis of purpose, audience and available media. This includes taking advantage of multimedia to tell stories in a global context in more complete and meaningful ways.
• Gather and evaluate the validity and reliability of information as well as to evaluate the veracity of the sources from which information comes through